La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-1531

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section V-1531 - Required Notices

A. The owner or operator of a facility that has arranged to receive hazardous waste from a foreign source must notify the Office of Environmental Services in writing at least four weeks in advance of the date the waste is expected to arrive at the facility. Notice of subsequent shipments of the same waste from the same foreign source is not required.

B. The owner or operator of a recovery facility that has arranged to receive hazardous waste subject to LAC 33:V.Chapter 11.Subchapter B shall provide a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures to the foreign exporter, to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Federal Activities, International Compliance Assurance Division (2254A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460, and to the competent authorities of all other concerned countries within three working days of receipt of the shipment. The original of the signed movement document shall be maintained at the facility for at least three years. In addition, such owner or operator shall, as soon as possible, but no later than 30 days after the completion of recovery and no later than one calendar year following the receipt of the hazardous waste, send a certificate of recovery to the foreign exporter and to the competent authority of the country of export and to EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the above address by mail, email (without a digital signature), or fax followed by mail.

C. The owner or operator of a facility that receives hazardous waste from an off-site source (except where the owner or operator is also the generator) must inform the generator in writing that he has the appropriate permit(s) for, and will accept, the waste the generator is shipping. The owner or operator must keep a copy of this written notice as part of the operating record.

D. Before transferring ownership or operation of a facility during its operating life, or of a disposal facility during the post-closure care period, the owner or operator must notify the new owner or operator in writing of the requirements of LAC 33:V.Subpart 1.

E. An owner's or operator's failure to notify the new owner or operator of the requirements in no way relieves the new owner or operator of his obligation to comply with all applicable requirements.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-1531

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended LR 15:378 (May 1989), LR 16:220 (March 1990), LR 16:399 (May 1990), LR 18:1256 (November 1992), amended by the Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:666 (April 1998), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2473 (November 2000), LR 27:294 (March 2001), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 33:2105 (October 2007), LR 38:789 (March 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.